Thank you Mr President My Name is Midhat Klada I represent the European Union of Coptic organisation and the Middle east human rights organisation in Switzerland which is concerned with the rights of religious minorities in the middle east. The Copts have become a major target for Murder and Theft in addition to the destruction of their churches, schools, shops, pharmacies and all their sources of income. Last august in only 2 day the copts became a major target for all the terrorist organisations based in egypt under the leadership of the muslim brotherhood. To mention a few of their crimes. 12- 37 churches were robbed and saw complete destruction 22 churches were put under siege and were partly destroyed through the molotov cocktails and rocks thrown at them in addition to the use of firearms. 34- 7 schools were burnt to the ground 7 Organisations attached to church including - pharmacies, shops and hotels that were owned by copts which were pillaged and then burnt to the ground including:

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